REU/RET Site: Spectroscopy at Coe College

REU/RET 站点：Coe 学院的光谱学

• 批准号: 2349118
• 负责人: Mario Affatigato
• 金额: $ 46.47万
• 依托单位: Coe College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-15 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349118&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Spectroscopy; Coe

Coe College’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site provides ten undergraduate students with the opportunity to carry out summer research with a focus on Spectroscopy. These undergraduate students are involved in all aspect of research activity, from making samples to carrying out measurements, interpreting the results, and presenting their work to others. The goal is to allow the students to experience the day-to-day life of a working research scientist, and to inspire a lifelong passion for a scientific career.This site also includes a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), where each summer two high school teachers participate in a research project. The teachers will use their experience to develop additions to the course curriculum, motivate their students to better understand the physical world by sharing their experience on scientific research, and ultimately prepare them to become the future generation of scientists.The REU students will carry out research in glass science, optics, particle physics, molecular biology, applied data science (as applied to NMR analysis), detector modeling, biomaterials, and other areas. In addition to the research work, the REU participants will also present their work at local, regional, national and international conferences. New activities during this cycle include (a) a new Workshop on the use of machine learning and AI tools in spectroscopy, which also extends the REU site to Coe’s Data Science program; (b) the involvement of Purdue's Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, and Research (CILMAR) for the training of faculty and students; and (c) the addition of student journaling. The participants will be exposed and trained in a variety of techniques, including FTIR, Raman, NMR, SEM, absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, SPM, x-ray fluorescence, calorimetry, impedance spectrometry, and others. The large (and growing) variety of projects is designed to be suitable for undergraduates, but also challenging and leading to results of interest to external researchers. In one project, for instance, the REU student will manufacture high-electronic conductivity glasses for use in particle detectors. In another project on biomaterials, the REU student will use confocal microscopy to look at biofilms, looking at the cell distribution within the film.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

Coe College针对本科生（REU）网站的研究经验为十个本科生提供了有机会进行夏季研究，重点是光谱。这些本科生参与了研究活动的各个方面，从制作样本到进行测量，解释结果并向他人展示工作。目的是让学生体验工作研究科学家的日常生活，并激发人们对科学职业的终生热情。该网站还包括对教师（RET）的研究经验，每年夏天，两个高中教师都会参加一个研究项目。老师将利用他们的经验来开发课程课程的补充，激励学生通过分享他们在科学研究上的经验来更好地了解身体世界，并最终使他们成为未来一代科学家的准备。REU学生将在玻璃科学，光学，粒子物理学，分子生物学，应用数据科学（应用于NMR分析）中，探测分析，探测器模型，以及其他生物材料，以及其他样子，并进行其他生物材料。除研究工作外，REU参与者还将在地方，地区，国家和国际会议上展示他们的工作。在此周期中的新活动包括（a）关于机器学习和光谱中AI工具的新研讨会，这也将REU站点扩展到COE的数据科学计划； （b）普渡大学跨文化学习，指导，评估和研究（CILMAR）的参与； （c）添加学生日记。参与者将接受各种技术的曝光和训练，包括FTIR，拉曼，NMR，SEM，抽象和荧光光谱，SPM，X射线荧光，量热法，阻抗光谱法等。大量（且不断增长的）项目旨在适合本科生，但也挑战并导致外部研究人员感兴趣的结果。例如，在一个项目中，REU学生将生产用于粒子探测器的高电导率眼镜。在另一个关于生物材料的项目中，REU学生将使用共聚焦显微镜来查看生物膜，研究电影内的细胞分布。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过基金会的知识分子的优点和更广泛的影响标准通过评估来诚实地支持支持。